Sex is biggest draw at the global online poll

November 17: Women are more likely to be satisfied with their sex lives than men, according to people who participated in the opening hour...

November 17: Women are more likely to be satisfied with their sex lives than men, according to people who participated in the opening hours of the four-day Planet Project (planetproject.com), a global Internet poll undertaken by 3Com. Approximately 55 per cent of women who took the poll worldwide said they were satisfied with their sex lives, compared with 48 per cent of men.

However, Asian women participating in the poll said they were less satisified than men with their sex lives. Only 39 per cent of Asian women polled answered positively, while Asian men were consistent with the rest of the world at 46 per cent. European women seemed to be having the best time, as nearly 58 per cent claimed to be satisfied with their sex lives.

The release is based upon the first 40,000 responses in 123 countries. Within hours, over 300,000 responses from 225 countries have been recorded and are undergoing analysis.

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Nearly 93 per cent of Indians said they were proud of India, as compared to 84 per cent of people of their respective countries. Surprisingly, 83 per cent Indians said one of their main goals in life is to make their parents proud, as compared to 64 per cent of the rest of the world.

According to 27 per cent of Indians, if they would have three more hours per day, they would use that time to work more, as compared to only 11 per cent of the rest of the world.

Today’s poll results are from the second day of the Planet Project, being conducted through Saturday. People can take the poll online or give their answers in person to more than 3000 poll-takers around the world who collected responses with handheld computing devices and laptops, and then transmitting them to the 3Com head-quarters in Santa Clara, USA.

Another interesing online poll topic was belief in God. Approximately 78 per cent Indians said they believed in a higher being compared 72 per cent in the rest of the world. Only 56 per cent believed in life after death in India, though 73 per cent of the rest of the world does.

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Despite that, only 42 per cent Indians believed that their life has been influenced by their deeds in a previous life.

Interestingly, only 28 per cent of the Indians thought of having children out of the wedlock, as compared to 61 per cent in the rest of the world. Thirtyfour per cent Indians believed that an arranged marriage worked better than a love match. On the contrary, only three per cent of the rest of the world thought arranged marriages ber better.

But not surprisingly, the Dating and Sex section appeared to be drawing the greatest number of responses on the first day of the poll.

The four-day Net poll had begun since Wednesday, and is said to be the biggest poll ever undertaken.